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Johannes Lemonde
Asked: 2017-07-13 04:57:18 +0800 CST

Command substitution does not work in Ubuntu shortcuts

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I want to set a combination of keys as a shortcut, which is possible in Ubuntu through system settings > keyboard > shortcuts (may be different, my laptop isn't in English).

The command line to be executed is the following : 

notify-send "4 stars for «$(rhythmbox-client --set-rating 4 \
--print-playing-format=%tt)»"

which works just fine in gnome-terminal... But when I set the shortcut, it is executed as if the double quotes were replaced by single quotes, which means that the $(...) part isn't executed and renders as text...

How can I resolve my issue ? Thanks !!

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Create a file somewhere you like, e.g ~/script.sh and add your command into that file, then add your shortcut with a command like this:

    /bin/bash /home/username/script.sh

    It should work now.

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